Water-carrier.



J. G. TRULOVE.

WATERy CARRIER. APPLIoATloN FILED 11111.14, 1910` Patented Apr. 11, 1911.

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J. 0. TRULOVE. WATER' CARRIER. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 14, 1910.

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JOHN C. TRULOVE, SHOALS, NORTH CAROLINA.

WATER-CARRIER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 11, 1911.

Application filed January 14, 1910. Serial No. 538,042.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. TRULOVE, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Shoals, in the count-y of Surry and State of North Carolina, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Water-Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to means for raising and transporting water, and it consists in the combinations, constructions and arrangements herein described and claimed.

The object of my invention is to provide a device which is designed to run on a suspended wire or cable extending from a well, spring or other source of water, to the place where it is to be delivered, which may be manipulated by means of a single cord or cable for raising water, and also for transporting it.

A further object of my invention is to provide a novel form of tripping means by which the bucket may be detached from the carrier and lowered into the well, or when raised, may be attached thereto and transported by the same.

A further object of my invention is to provide simple apparatus for the accomplishment of the above mentioned objects.

Further objects and advantages will appear in the following specication, and the novel features of the device will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification in which similar reference characters denote like parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 shows a side view of one em bodiment of my invention with the bucket attached to the carrier; Fig. 2 shows a similar view with the bucket detached from the carrier, being drawn out of the well toward the carrier; Fig. 3 is a section through the carrier and the guide; Fig. 1 is a central longitudinal section through the guide; Fig. 5 is a plan view of the guide; Fig. 6 is a plan view of the carrier; and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the springactuated trigger.

In carrying out my invention I provide a cable 1 which constitutes a track upon which the carrier 2 runs. The cable 1 extends from the well, spring, stream or other source of water, to the place where the water is to be delivered and is supported by any sultable means.

Referring to Fig. 2 it will be seen that a trip 31s secured to the wire at a point just above the well 111, or other source of water.

The carrier 2 is provided with the wheels 2a. and 2b which are arranged to run on the wire 1. It is also provided with the pulley 2c one end and with a downwardly pro- Jectmg arm 2d at the other, to which the operating cable 5 is attached. The lower` part of the carrier consists of a plate having a zig-zag slot 2e of the shape shown in the figures.

Arranged to straddle the carrier 2 is a trigger 6 of the form shown in Fig. 7. This trigger consists of the two arms 6a and 6" joined together by a cross member 6. The plate is provided with the notches 6d at-one end, and 6e at the other end. The trigger is pivoted at 7 and is held normally in engagement with the stop pin' on the carrier 2 by means of the spring 9.

The bucket 10 is attached to the guide 11 by means of the links 12 and 13. The guide 11 consists in reality of side plates 11a and 11b which are flared outwardly at their upper ends as shown at Fig. 8. At the ends of the guide 11 are the pulleys 14 and 15 while running from side to side is the sus` pension bar 16. The side plates 11a and 11b are joined. at their ends by the integral inclined members 11c and 11d. The operating cable 5 is attached to the extension 2d of the carrier, passes underneath the pulleys 15 and 14 of the guide over the pulley 2c and to the place where the water is to be delivered.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device the operation thereof may be readily understood. The wire 1 is inclined, as shown, from the house or other place where the water is to be delivered, to the well. The cable 5 is preferably wound on a windlass (not shown), and as the windlass is unwound the carrier, with the bucket attached as shown in Fig. 1, descends by gravity. lVhen the upper end of the trigger 6 reaches the trip 3 the cross member 6 on the trigger is cammed downwardly on the cam surface 3a on the trip. This causes the lower end of the trigger to rise, thereby permitting the sustaining bar 1G of the guide to pass downwardly out of the slot 2e, as the cable 5 is slacked up. The bucket now descends into the well where it is filled with water. In the meantime the trigger has been retained in position by the entrance of the ends 6C in the slot 3b of the trip 3. Now when the cable 5 is pulled the filled bucket rises vertically. rIhe guide plates l1a and 11b pass each side of the depending portion of the carrier and the suspending bar 16 enters the slot 2e pushing the lower end of the trigger upwardly and disengaging the upper end from the slot 31. A p

further pull on the cable 5 causes a bodily movement of the carrier. It will be noticed that the lower end of the trigger drops downwardly so as to prevent the downward dropping of the bucket again in case there should be any slack on the cable 5. The trigger is maintained in this position by means of the spring 9. The bucket may now be pulled to the place of delivery by winding up the windlass, and may be released froni the carrier by pulling downwardly on the operating end of the trigger.

It will be seen that I have provided a water carrier which may be lifted from a well, locked to a carrier and transported bodily to the place of delivery, or may be run to a well and caused to automatically disconnect itself from the carrier and descend into the well to be filled.

I am aware that other forms of the device based upon tlie same idea might be made, but I consider as my own all. such modifications as fairly fall wit-hin the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim l. In a means for raising and transporting water, an inclined track, a carrier movably suspended on said track and provided with a zigzag slot, an operating cable secured to one end of said carrier and arranged to pass through the other. end, a guide member adapted to straddle the lower portion of the carrier and being provided with pulleys suspended upon said operating cable between the ends of said carrier, a cross bar carried by said guide adapted to enter the zigzag slot of said carrier, a

spring-actuatedl trigger provided with a hook at. its upper end and with a hook at its lower end adapted to engage the cross bar, and an elongated trip carried by said inclined track, said trip having a cam surface at its upper end and a recess adjacent said cam surface adapted to receive the hook on y the upper end of said trigger.

2. In a means for raising and transporting water, an inclined track, a carrier movably suspended on said track and provided with a zig-zag slot, an operating cable secured to one end of said carrier and arfanged to pass through the other end, a guide member having side plates flared outwardly at their upper ends and adapted to straddle the lower portion of the carrier and having pulleys suspended upon said operating cable between the ends of said carrier, a cross bar carried by said guide and adapted t0 enter the zig-zag slot of said carrier, and means for holdingsaid cross bar within said slot.

3. In a means for raising and transport- -ing water, an inclined track, a carrier movof said carrier, a cross bar carried by saidV guide and adapted to enter the zig-zag slot of said carrier, and means for holding said cross bar within said slotand for releasing it.

JOHN C. TRULOVE.

JAMES I/Vi-ii'rriNo'roN.

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